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  A 
  PLAIN 
  AKD 
  EASY 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  DISCRIMINATION 
  AND 
  PREShRVATION 
  OF 
  

   FUNGI. 
  

  

  It 
  may, 
  perhaps, 
  be 
  anticipated, 
  that 
  some 
  general 
  

   rules 
  will 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  facilitate 
  discrimination 
  between 
  

   esculent 
  and 
  poisonous 
  species. 
  Unfortunately, 
  all 
  

   attempts 
  at 
  establishing 
  such 
  a 
  code 
  of 
  regulations, 
  

   which 
  shall 
  be 
  applicable 
  in 
  all 
  cases, 
  have 
  failed 
  ; 
  for 
  

   unless 
  universally 
  applicable, 
  such 
  rules 
  are 
  useless. 
  

   We 
  remember 
  to 
  have 
  seen 
  the 
  following 
  example 
  of 
  

   generalization, 
  which 
  would 
  exclude 
  several 
  useful 
  

   species; 
  viz., 
  " 
  All 
  that 
  hav 
  Hie 
  following 
  characters 
  

   are 
  poisonous 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  I. 
  Such 
  as 
  have 
  a 
  cap 
  very 
  thin 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  

   the 
  gills. 
  

  

  " 
  II. 
  Such 
  as 
  have 
  the 
  stalk 
  growing 
  from 
  one 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  c;ip. 
  

  

  " 
  III. 
  Those 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  '.'.ills 
  are 
  all 
  of 
  equal 
  

   length. 
  

  

  " 
  IV. 
  Such 
  as 
  have 
  a 
  milky 
  juice. 
  

  

  " 
  V. 
  Such 
  as 
  deliquesce 
  ; 
  that 
  is, 
  run 
  speedily 
  into 
  

   a 
  dark 
  watery 
  ilnid. 
  

  

  " 
  VI. 
  And 
  lastly, 
  every 
  one 
  that 
  has 
  the 
  collar 
  that 
  

   surrounds 
  the 
  stalk 
  filamentous, 
  or 
  resembling 
  a 
  spider's 
  

  

  Web." 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  second 
  rule 
  were 
  always 
  true, 
  then 
  the 
  elm 
  

   agaric, 
  Aaaricus 
  uhnarhts, 
  which 
  has 
  its 
  stem 
  excen- 
  

   tric, 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  cap, 
  would 
  be 
  poisonous, 
  

  

  